Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

Information pertaining to Police corruption and the number of people convicted under Section 26 (corrupt or improper exercise of police powers) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 from 2017/18.

Request

I am requesting information pertaining to police corruption. More specifically any statistics from 2017/18 on the number of people convicted under Section 26 (corrupt or improper exercise of police powers) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. If statistics from these years are not yet available, any older ones would also be appreciated.

Response

In response to your question above, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any central record on the number of convictions under Section 26 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. This data is held by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Under section 16 of the FOI Act there is a duty to provide advice and assistance; The MoJ holds and publishes case outcomes by statistics that show prosecution outcomes, including convictions, by individual offences. Please see below for their contact email address:

data.access@justice.gsi.gov.uk

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0899 IMU@cps.gov.uk